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> [If I were still stupider than I am, I should think myself at the apex of my career; yet I know how much I still lack, to reach perfection; I see it the more clearly now that I live only…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frederic-chopin/if-i-were-still-stupider-than-i-am-i-should-think-myself-at-the-apex/)

[Frederic Chopin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frederic-chopin/)

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## More by Frederic Chopin

> [Vienna is a handsome, lively city, and pleases me exceedingly.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frederic-chopin/vienna-is-a-handsome-lively-city-and-pleases-me-exceedingly/)

[Frederic Chopin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frederic-chopin/)

> [“My earthly body has been a terrible disappointment to me.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frederic-chopin/my-earthly-body-has-been-a-terrible-disappointment-to-me/)

[Frédéric Chopin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frederic-chopin/)

> [We fell silent and all joking ceased. We gazed mutely into each other's eyes and an intense longing for the fullest avowal of the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frederic-chopin/we-fell-silent-and-all-joking-ceased-we-gazed-mutely-into-each-other/)

[Frederic Chopin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frederic-chopin/)

> [If I were still stupider than I am, I should think myself at the apex of my career; yet I know how much I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frederic-chopin/if-i-were-still-stupider-than-i-am-i-should-think-myself-at-the-apex/)

[Frederic Chopin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frederic-chopin/)

> [England is so surrounded by the boredom of conventionalities, that it is all one to them whether music is good or bad, since they…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frederic-chopin/england-is-so-surrounded-by-the-boredom-of-conventionalities-that-it/)

[Frederic Chopin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frederic-chopin/)

> [They want me to give another concert but I have no desire to do so. You cannot imagine what a torture the three days…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frederic-chopin/they-want-me-to-give-another-concert-but-i-have-no-desire-to-do-so/)

[Frederic Chopin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frederic-chopin/)

> [Oh, how miserable it is to have no one to share your sorrows and joys, and, when your heart is heavy, to have no…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frederic-chopin/oh-how-miserable-it-is-to-have-no-one-to-share-your-sorrows-and-joys/)

[Frederic Chopin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frederic-chopin/)

> [I could express my feelings more easily if they could be put into the notes of music, but as the very best concert would…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frederic-chopin/i-could-express-my-feelings-more-easily-if-they-could-be-put-into-the/)

[Frederic Chopin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frederic-chopin/)

> [If the newspapers cut me up so much that I shall not venture before the world again, I have resolved to become a house…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frederic-chopin/if-the-newspapers-cut-me-up-so-much-that-i-shall-not-venture-before/)

[Frederic Chopin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frederic-chopin/)

> [Man is never always happy, and very often only a brief period of happiness is granted him in this world; so why escape from…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frederic-chopin/man-is-never-always-happy-and-very-often-only-a-brief-period-of/)

[Frederic Chopin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frederic-chopin/)

> [You already know when I'm writing, so don't be surprised if it's short and dry, because I'm too hungry to write anything fat](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frederic-chopin/you-already-know-when-i-m-writing-so-don-t-be-surprised-if-it-s-short/)

[Frederic Chopin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frederic-chopin/)

> [I don't know where there can be so many pianists as in Paris, so many asses and so many virtuosi.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frederic-chopin/i-don-t-know-where-there-can-be-so-many-pianists-as-in-paris-so-many/)

[Frederic Chopin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frederic-chopin/)

> [Bach is an astronomer, discovering the most marvellous stars. Beethoven challenges the universe. I only try to express the soul and the heart of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frederic-chopin/bach-is-an-astronomer-discovering-the-most-marvellous-stars-beethoven/)

[Frederic Chopin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frederic-chopin/)

> [The earth is suffocating... Swear to make them cut me open, so that I won't be buried alive.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frederic-chopin/the-earth-is-suffocating-swear-to-make-them-cut-me-open-so-that-i-won/)

[Frederic Chopin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frederic-chopin/)

> [The last thing is simplicity. After having gone through all the difficulties, having played an endless number of notes, it is simplicity that matters,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frederic-chopin/the-last-thing-is-simplicity-after-having-gone-through-all-the/)

[Frederic Chopin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frederic-chopin/)

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